Chris Fremantle

 

Portrait of Chris Fremantle

Chris Fremantle (1965–) is a researcher and producer in art, ecology, and health. He and Anne Douglas have collaborated over twenty years in research and critical thinking. He is the founder of ecoartscotland, a platform for research and practice.

Currently, Fremantle is a Lecturer on the Contemporary Art Practice program and a Senior Research Fellow at Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University. He is the co-author of the research report, The Artist as Leader and a contributor to The Time of the Force Majeure: After 45 Years Counterforce is on the Horizon (Prestel, 2016). Most recently, he co-edited with Amara Geffen, Ann Rosenthal, and Aviva Rahmani the anthology, Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities (New Village Press, 2022). 

Fremantle is a Fellow of the RSA, served on the Executive of the Scottish Artists Union for a decade, and is on the Board of the South Ayrshire Arts Partnership. He lives in Ayr, Scotland. 

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